Israel

Israel is a long-standing ally of the United States in an increasingly unstable Middle East. It remains one of very few democracies in the region, with a powerful military, and a vibrant, sometimes fractious society that has struggled for decades to reach accommodations with its neighbors.

Israel is a long-standing ally of the United States in an increasingly unstable Middle East. It remains one of very few democracies in the region, with a powerful military, and a vibrant, sometimes fractious society that has struggled for decades to reach accommodations with its neighbors.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies supports a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with Israel, and a negotiated settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

FDD vice president for research Jonathan Schanzer focuses on the machinery of peacemaking. Author of Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine, the definitive book on the internecine Palestinian conflict that erupted in the wake of the legislative elections of 2006, Schanzer monitors political, military and economic developments in the Palestinian territories, between Israelis and Palestinians and among Palestinian factions.

The Trump Administration announced a new round of economic sanctions against terror groups in the Middle East on Wednesday, including Harakat as-Sabirin li-Nasran Filastin (The Movement of the Patient Ones for the Liberation of Palestine) more...

Saudi Arabia’s government expressed interest in purchasing Israel’s antimissile Iron Dome system to stop attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to a report in the Swiss paper Basler Zeitung this week. more...

Experts and activists have praised the Israeli government’s inclusion of American anti-Zionist student groups in a new initiative announced on Sunday that will prevent the entry to the country of foreigners that promote a boycott of the Jewish state. more...